Nine Circles of Leasts – Preseason – Week 2

Imagine you are running wildly into the dark woods. You hear the thundering clamor of paws chasing you. In the faint moonlight, you see what looks to be a Lion, a Jaguar, and a She-Bear chasing you deeper and deeper into the woods until you come about a great hill.

Fear not weary traveler I am here to show you the way. Quickly, follow me through here. the hill opens up and you see the following inscription over the archway glowing with an unholy aura.

Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate

(Abandon all hope, ye who enter)

I want you to worry not for this is not the entrance to First Energy Park in Cleveland, but we are staring into the mouth of Hell itself.

What you see here my friend is Hell’s vestibule, contrary to popular belief the Nine Circles are actually Ten. Nine places for sinners and a vestibule for the angels who refused to fight. Right now we are neither in Hell nor on earth nor are we anywhere. In a more simpler term, this is where the Houston Texans play. Quick into the boat the ride across Acheron will be long and dull like watching the Chiefs play offense.

While I have you here I figure now is a great time to explain the differences between Hell and the Seven Deadly Sins. Nine is two more than seven. Also Nine is divisible by three and so there are three major sections of Hell. The first section is for those who are self-indulgent me first glory boys, or those who only hurt themselves. The second section of hell is for those who are violent . While the third is for the worst of the worse or the malicious offenders. The first section is 5 circles large, the second is two, and so is the third. Any questions? Great moving on… ah we are here.

First Limbo – The virtuous pagans. Those who have no control over their final destination through no fault of their own. Here we watch Jordy Nelson’s ACL tear in slow motion on repeat. Right now the river Styxx is flooded with the tears of Packer’s fans and Aaron Rodgers.

Second Circle (Lust) – For those who are wanton with carnal desire. This is not just about sex but a desire for more of anything condemns you here. Chip Kelly is here for keeping Tim Tebow a thing.  The only QB battle going on right now is who will back up Mark Sanchez, when he starts week 3 after Sam Bradford gets sent back to the local Build-A-Kee workshop at the mall. Tebow is not that guy and right now only serves the purpuse of trying to keep the Eagle fan base entertained in week 4’s preseason game.

Third Circle (Gluttony) – Those who live in excess riding on the laurels of past performances. Think about it like this Trent Richardson might actually get cut by the Raiders. He did more in his 17 games with the Browns than his 29 with the Colts. and rushing for 23 yards in two preseason games is not helping his case.

Fourth Circle (Greed) – The lust for money is more salacious than the lust for power the greedy get their own circle. The owners deserve to sit here as they laugh in thier ivroy owners boxes. Watching thier men risk life and limb battle out for pennies on the dollar so they can charge near game day prices and collect more cash on overpriced slop from the refreshment stands. Look preseason needs to exist you need to knock of ring rust before the seaosn starts or every team will be sloppy for the first month of regular season. However, four games are excessive. Week 4 is pretty much like paying broadway prices for a traveling show. NO starters will play and the only people watching are scouts and player friends relatives.

Fifth Circle (Anger) – Anger is different from violence in that you choose another way of lashing out. Question: who will be the first team to start three QB’s this season the Jets of New York, the Jets of Buffalo, or the Jets of Houston?

Sixth Circle (Heresy) – God himself. Glover Quinn must have some inside knowledge right? According to him God had it in on Jordy Nelson and wanted him injured. Now my sources from Kansas say this was a proxy war to punish the Packer QB for some undisclosed reason. One must really question what kind of benevolent deity would trouble himself with fandom of certain teams. The mere fact that there have been numerous different SUper Bowl winners over the years only prove that God is a worse football fan than that awful family on the NFL merchandise commercial.

Seventh Circle (Violence) – There are three types of violence here those who are violent to others, those who are violent to themselves (suicide and the cheap), and those who are violent against the almighty NFL. The bullshit flung around during the [*Redacted] s/Browns game by the broadcasting team. From the bumbling of names on the sidelines, to the crappy forced product placement of Papa John’s Pizza in the announcer booth, to the unneeded cover-up of RGIII’s concussion.Speaking of the game The [*Redacted] s offensive line deserves to be here as well for their horrendous play while RGIII was in the game. It is as if they do not want their QB to live. This hurts themselves as much as RGIII because how much can a left tackle who can’t block get on the open market?

Eight Circle (Fraud) – Only accessable after jumping on the bloated back of the NFL’s Geryon. He has the face of a coffee and beer consumer, the body of a gigantic gnat, the feet the shape of swollen sausages and a tail with the sting of indifference. He will take us down to see Chris Carter. His speech may have been made over a year ago, however the message still lingers. “Always have a fall guy”. No not just “Don’t do dumb stuff”, but a message imploring young impressionale soon to be multimillionaires that if they do dumb stuff make sure you have a friend who can be pushed under the bus at a moment notice.

Ninth Circle (Treachery) – In Inferno Satan is depeicted as a three-headed dragon beast one with a red face,  one black face (das racist) and one pale yellow face. Each head here is forever eating the three most treacherous people, the unholy trinity of Brutus, Cassius, and Judas. Here we see just one beast a giant slippery eel like snake continuously eating his own cloaca. Roger Stokoe Goodell an apple that fell far from the tree and is rotting under the spotlight. His father, for those who do not know, was a Republican Senator from New York. Selected to fill Robert Kennedy’s seat he once famously penned a letter deriding the Vietnam war. A man who stood on principles and was widely respected on both sides of the aisle. This man fathered Roger a spineless man who  day in and day out makes the most vicious and vile people who play in the NFL look like folk heroes fighting against a tyrannical hand puppet of the owners.

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Senor Weaselo

Hi there, I was promised the object of my courtly love, anyone see a chick named Beatrice around here?

Don T

/Standing ovation
//Getting dudes together for tribute band called “Sting of Indifference”

ballsofsteelandfury

GAH!!! KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I am actually now quite fond of the chicken.

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Don T

I expect vivid nightmares. Thanks, again.

Senor Weaselo

All right, who kept fucking that chicken?

Lothar of the Hill People

I’m gonna treat this like the open thread for a minute. WCS, I’m sure you can empathize. I just need to bitch.

My autistic student who gets 50% extra time on his quizzes? I gave him double time last night, and he still only answered about 60% of the questions. He wanted more time. I told him no. He said, “What about these questions I haven’t answered?” I told him he wouldn’t get points for anything he hadn’t answered.

I get an email from the disabilities office, stating that they heard there was a problem with me allowing the student extended time. I told them–barely restraining myself from putting swear words from several languages in the email response–that there was no problem giving the student extended time, that I actually gave him MORE time than I was required to do, and he still didn’t get the quiz done. I asked if they wanted me to give him TRIPLE time, they need to put that in the accommodation form and then have him show up early because if he gets that much time for an in-class quiz, he’ll miss out on a significant amount of class discussion and material.

This kid is going to be a fucking nightmare. Second class and already he’s lying to disability services to get his way.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Now I’m wondering if my two in the pink, one in the………… brown help open this thread up a bit.

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Horatio Cornblower

Invite the disabilities office in to the next quiz, give the prick the 50% additional time and ONLY the 50% additional time and have done with it.

Call the fucker’s bluff.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I’m sure the parents are real gems, leading by example.

Wakezilla

Oh yeah, that kid sounds like he totally studied before taking the test. Out of curiosity, out of the 60% that he filled out, how many answers did he get right?

The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem

I swear to Xenu, if you start that Johnny Sugar “First Team To Start Three Quarterbacks” shit, I will hunt you down, flense your skin from your still-screaming body, soak you in kerosense and use a bucket of cat urine to extinguish the last smoldering embers of your mortal remains.

Otherwise, nice write-up

The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem

I know. It’s just a KSKPTSD trigger.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I’d like to write about how my top ten warming glow flashbacks broke the internet.

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ballsofsteelandfury

The NFL likes to pull the “get the rust out” angle to justify their greed, but here’s the thing:

In high school, we didn’t have preseason. We had one controlled scrimmage against another team and that was it.

College teams don’t play preseason games.

That argument is bullshit.

Lothar of the Hill People

Major colleges play preseason games against the patsies they pay six figures to beat up.

But really, the reason the NFL has a need for the preseason whereas school teams don’t, is because in college and high school you don’t go into the season with a shit-ton of guys on your roster who might make the team, or might be cut and not be affiliated with your team anymore–and some of those guys might end up on another team.

In other words, the preseason is for evaluating the back-end of your roster. And you simply don’t have enough bodies on your own team to evaluate the back-end of the roster in intra-squad scrimmages. In college, if you have a guy on the team, he’s gonna stay on the team. You don’t cut guys in camp. Most high schools are the same way. In the pros, there is constant turnover on the back-end of rosters, because there is a surplus of labor available.

You want to solve the problem? Let teams sit their starters through the preseason. But the league doesn’t want that, because they want TV revenues.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I disagree; for professional sports live action preseason games make the in season product better, even up things for new coaches, and allow player discovery. The part I do agree with; the NFL charging the same ticket price and forcing season ticket holders to buy them is fucking robbery.

Wakezilla

To be fair, aside from intrasquad games, the preseason for the powerhouse teams begin at the beginning of the year when they play teams like, I dunno, Father John College and Best Buy Tech, or whatever.

The argument still is bullshit because think about how many players are added and cut before a pre-season game begins. Or how many more are cut after one preseason game. I think the CFL has it right where they play 2 preseason games. That gives you one game where you play your play all your bottom level guys fighting for a job (on the road) and one game at home where the starters get some reps in.

ballsofsteelandfury

Dante’s Inferno is one of my favorite pieces of literature. I’ve read the whole Divine Comedy, but the one I come back to and reread is the Inferno.

Which is why I LOVE these posts so much! I like the additional explanation on this one. Well done!

Why Thank You Eddie

Here we watch Jordy Nelson’s ACL tear in slow motion on repeat. Right now the river Styxx is flodded with the tears of Packer’s fans and Aaron Rodgers.

*hums to self* Lady, of the morning. Sunrise, in your eyes…AUUUGH ITS HELL! ITS HELL I TELLS YA

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Hmph. When you said “spinless” I was sure you were talking about a forward pass attempt thrown by Tim Tebow.

Beerguyrob

In that same vein, did you let Emmitt Smith write the conclusion? Because that’s how I assume you got “teranical”.

Beerguyrob

Sorry to have been ‘that guy’.

Much like Lothar, I spent my day doing new student intake and evaluation, I designed a learning plan for a special needs student, only to have it rapidly undone when the parent ran to their old counsellor and got them to rewrite it. So, my reading brain was set to “kill” rather than “enjoy”.

Old School Zero

The intro reminds me of a joke. Jared From Subway and a young child are walking from Jared’s panel van and into a dark wood at night. The child shivers and whimpers, then says “I’m scared.”

Jared looks at them and says “YOU’RE scared? I’m the one who has to walk back here alone later!”

SonOfSpam

A little boy was walking down a road when he noticed a welder’s mask on the ground. Thinking it looked pretty cool, he put it on and walked up the road, flipping the mask up and down on his face.

Soon, Jared drove by in a truck, and pulled over and asked the kid if he needed a ride. “I guess” said the kid, and got into the truck with Jared.

Driving down the road, Jared said, “Hey kid, do you know what a ‘handy’ is?”

The kid flips up his mask and says “Nope.”

A minute later, Jared says, “Hey kid, do you know what a ‘blow job’ is?”

The kid again flips up his mask and says “Sorry, nope.”

Finally Jared says, “Well, do you know what a ‘pedophile’ is?”

The kid flips up his mask, sighs, and says, “Look, mister, I gotta level with you. I’m not really a welder.”

Why Thank You Eddie

Hi-yo! Sonofspamm, will you be here all week? If not, we’re gonna have to book Joan Embery from the San Diego Zoo.

SonOfSpam

Long as someone or something pees on her, I’m good.